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knifehand · 11-26-2006, 03:34 PM

ive noticed an alarming amount of movies in the last couple of years on hitmen and assassins. lucky number slevin, collateral, crank , the jackal, road to perdition etc. . and now in the news the assassination of the former russian spy with radioactive poison . i cant say i dont enjoy these movies and have since first seeing charles bronson in "the mechanic". but am curious to know if you all enjoy them as well and if you were goin to be a "Mechanic" , what hand to hand skills would you undergo as well CQC skills? these characters all seem to have military background of some sort even though its just movies. i watched a documentary the other day about a notorious mafia hitman named Richard Kuklinski who worked for the gambino mafia (i love mafia documentaries)and the documentary showed interviews with kuklinski himself as well as the FBI and police officials. this man has admitted to have killed well over 100 people and authorities believe there is more than that, although they say mr. kuklinski was not a serial killer or driven by perverse reason. he was just "gifted" at his craft and the only reason he got caught was he became greedy charging as high as $100,000.00 a hit. i hope this thread is not taken to seriously and is more of an off topic hopeful discussion on your thoughts . it just seems to me there is an overwhelming fascination with assassins in the last couple of years. just curious to your thoughts.

11-26-2006, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
knifehand Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 40	Hitmen and Assassins ive noticed an alarming amount of movies in the last couple of years on hitmen and assassins. lucky number slevin, collateral, crank , the jackal, road to perdition etc. . and now in the news the assassination of the former russian spy with radioactive poison . i cant say i dont enjoy these movies and have since first seeing charles bronson in "the mechanic". but am curious to know if you all enjoy them as well and if you were goin to be a "Mechanic" , what hand to hand skills would you undergo as well CQC skills? these characters all seem to have military background of some sort even though its just movies. i watched a documentary the other day about a notorious mafia hitman named Richard Kuklinski who worked for the gambino mafia (i love mafia documentaries)and the documentary showed interviews with kuklinski himself as well as the FBI and police officials. this man has admitted to have killed well over 100 people and authorities believe there is more than that, although they say mr. kuklinski was not a serial killer or driven by perverse reason. he was just "gifted" at his craft and the only reason he got caught was he became greedy charging as high as $100,000.00 a hit. i hope this thread is not taken to seriously and is more of an off topic hopeful discussion on your thoughts . it just seems to me there is an overwhelming fascination with assassins in the last couple of years. just curious to your thoughts.